Petrie then forced Lewis into a save as City ended the half on a high.

And Powell’s charges came out fired up for the second period.

Sion Edwards, who was a real livewire down the left, hit a fierce strike which Lewis did well to keep out at his near post before Cledan Davies cleared the danger.

It was no surprise when Bangor edged in front on 64 minutes, Davies flicking on for Edwards, who broke into the area and sent the ball low across the six-yard box, where Petrie arrived right on cue to finish.

Edwards went close again, then on 71 minutes Aber’s Craig Williams woefully gave the ball away to Walker, whose pass into space released Chris Jones, and he finished coolly to make it 3-1.

The Nantporth crowd were raising the roof and City looked home and dry, but then in the 86th minute a deep cross into the box from Antonio Corbisiero was headed home at the back post by Thomas.

This led to a nervy ending for the home side, and deep into injury time Aber were somehow denied what looked like a certain equaliser.

Venables headed against the bar from a Corbisiero free kick, then in the ensuing scramble Iolo Hughes managed to clear off the line and Bangor somehow survived to hold on for the most welcome of victories.

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Liverpool-born Mark joined the Daily Post in January 2014 after seven years as editor of its Merseyside sister title the Liverpool Post. He started out as a weekly news reporter on Wirral Newspapers, and spent seven years at the Daily Post and Liverpool Echo. He was The Press Association's regional correspondent for North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire from 1983 to 1997, before returning to the ECHO as deputy news editor. He has won a number of journalism awards, including the UK Press Gazzette Regional Reporter of the Year award, and in 1993 wrote a book on the James Bulger murder.